Regulator tells Sally Westcott to pull product that allegedly has undeclared levels of prescription-only melatonin An NHS manager has been stopped from selling children’s gummies allegedly laced with undeclared levels of a prescription-only sleeping drug, the Guardian can reveal. Magnesium glycinate gummies for children who have trouble sleeping have been sold since March last year by Nutrition Ignition, an Epsom-based company owned by Sally Westcott, whose other job is a clinical therapy lead at Epsom and St Helier NHS trust. Continue reading...

Last year Robert F Kennedy Jr, now the US health secretary, ordered medical journals to “start publishing real science and stop retracting the real science.” Now, after delivering 100 days of global d...

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Investigation body also says medics are dying in car accidents while driving home after long shifts NHS staff are so tired they are dying in car crashes and posing a major threat to patients, the service’s safety watchdog will warn on Thursday. Fatigue among frontline personnel causing them to make mistakes is a “significant” risk to patients, according to the Health Services Safety Investigation Body (HSSIB). Continue reading...